Resilient tire.



W. S. TEMPLE.

RESILIENT TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 9, 1912.

1,067,949. Patented July 22,1913.

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VJINFIELD S. TEMPLE, OF SIDNEY, ILLINOIS.

RESILIEN'I TIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jul 2a, 1913.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVINFIELD S. TEMPLE, citizen of the United States,residing at Sidney, in the county of Champaign and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Resilient Tires, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in resilient tires ofautomobile wheels, and is designed to provide an improved wheel of thischaracter which will be durable, simple in construction, comparativelylight, and well adapted to receive and absorb shocks encountered intraveling.

The invention consists essentially in certain novel combinations andarrangements of a series of springs within a casing, in order toresiliently support a tread member that is incased within the casing, aswill be hereinafter pointed out, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example ofthe physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to thebest mode I have so far devised for the practical application of theprinciples of the invention.

Figure 1 is a View in section showing a portion of a wheel andillustrating two oi Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional the springs. x

Big. 5 15 a view through the wheel tire. detail sectional View.

' In the preferred embodiment of my invention I employ the clencher rim1 and telly 2 in connection with the tubular casing 8, which ispreferably of metal and formed with an open outer face or groove 4. Bymeans of the base and flanges 6 the casing is locked within the rim 1,and these parts are rigidly held together by means of the flat springs16 with their ends in the recesses 16 of the bases 5. The edges of theslot 4 of the casing are reinforced within the casing by means of a ringor annulus 7, one at each side of the casing, and these rings provideguide means for the movement of the tread section of the wheel tire. Thetread section comprises a pair oi rings 8, each formed with an inturnedflange 9, and provided with a series of openings 10 arranged radiallynear the inner edge of each ring, and the plates or rings 8 are joinedby a series of flanged saddles 11. These saddles 11 are as long as thedistance between the openings 10 of the plates and are secured to theplates 8 by means 01 rivets 12.

A series of springs 13 are arranged within the casing and are inclosedbetween the saddles 11 of the tread and the shoulders 14 of the casing.The springs are separated at their ends by means of a bolt 15 whichpasses through the tire from one wall of the casing to the other wall,and also by means of separating strips 17 attached to the inner wallsoi. the plates 8 of the tread section. A filling 18, of rubber orasphalt is provided for the tread and is held between the two plates 8of the tread portion.

In traveling the load of the wheel is taken up by the tread portionwhich is moved within the casing of the tire at the point of contact ofthe wheel with the ground, or rather the weight moves the casing of thetire downwardly over the tread portion, and the tread portion is coveredat its sides at the bottom of the wheel, while the upper portion of thetread member is exposed. The openings or perforations in the side platespermit the movement of the casing and provide accommodation for thebolts, and the springs because of their resiliency absorb the movementof the parts. The springs may also be compressed longitudinally, andupon any circumferential displacement of the separating strip 17 one ofthe adjacent springs will be compressed between said separating strip atone end and the transverse bolt 15 and spring 16 at the other end.

What I claim is A wheel tire comprising a tubular casing having anannular open slot, a tread portion projecting through said slot andformed with transverse slots, a series of bolts rigid with the casingextending through the transverse slots, a coiled spring located betweeneach pair of bolts, and a separator located between adjacent springs andattached to the tread portion, whereby upon circumferential displacementof the separator one of the adjacent springs will be compressed asdescribed. I

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

YVINFIELD S. TEMPLE.

I'Vitnesses J. BURT PORTERFlELD, T. B. MoELRoY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

